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Improving well-being in New Zealand through migration

Carey, David - 2019

New Zealand’s immigration system aims to enhance well-being by promoting economic development, reuniting families and … meeting humanitarian objectives. Immigration is high and residence admissions are focused on the high skilled to enhance … economic outcomes. Empirical evidence suggests that immigration has had small positive effects on per capita incomes and has …

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Skills and labour market performance in Sweden

Bussi, Margherita; Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2015

Both educational attainment and skills, as measured in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), are high in Sweden. They are not perfect substitutes, but both are to some degree necessary for successfully integrating in the Swedish labour market. This paper describes the distribution of...

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Making the most of immigration in Canada

Carey, David - 2018

Canada’s immigration policy aims to promote economic development by selecting immigrants with high levels of human …-class immigrants, who are selected for their skills, are by far the largest group. The immigration system has been highly successful … language skills and a decline in returns to pre-immigration labour market experience. Canada has responded by modifying its …

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Structural inequality : the case of Sweden

Robling, Olof; Pareliussen, Jon Kristian - 2017

household composition, age structure, industry structure, educational attainment and immigration on inequality. The influence of …

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Overcoming skills shortages in Canada

Carey, David - 2014

, increasing responsiveness of the education and training system to labour market demand, making the immigration system more …

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A new profile of migrants in the aftermath of the recent economic crisis

Arslan, Cansin; Dumont, Jean-Christophe; Kone, Zovanga; … - 2015

Growing international migration and diverse characteristics of migrant populations make internationally comparable high-quality data on migrants essential. Regular update of these data is crucial to capture the changes in size and composition of migrant populations. This document presents the...

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Improving the labour market integration of immigrants in Belgium

Pina, Álvaro Manuel; Corluy, Vincent; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2015

Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...

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Diversity statistics in the OECD : how do OECD countries collect data on ethnic, racial and indigenous identity?

Balestra, Carlotta; Fleischer, Lara - 2018

Data on ethnic, racial and indigenous identity can help render certain minorities statistically visible, and expose …

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Triple disadvantage? : a first overview of the integration on refugee women

Liebig, Thomas; Tronstad, Kristian Rose - 2018

45% of refugees in Europe are women, yet little is known on their integration outcomes and the specific challenges they face. This report summarises prior research on the integration of refugee women, both compared with refugee men and other immigrant women. It also provides new comparative...

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LGBTI in OECD countries : a review

Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2017

This paper presents an overview of the socio-economic situation of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), primarily in OECD countries. After investigating the size of this population, the paper zooms in on attitudes toward LGBTI, LGBTI rights and perceived...

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